Anyone else struggling at the moment?

I’m 13+5 weeks at the moment and really struggling, especially with energy levels. I work from home, which should make things easier, but I have 0% motivation for anything and just feel super isolated! Does anyone have any advice at all on how to just get through the day and not feel like absolute crap?!

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I hybrid work and I’m much less tired in the office… sometimes. I force myself to go on a walk on my lunch break. And go for a walk to the end of the road and back every couple of hours. I finding napping on my lunch makes me more tired!

I'm totally with you on that. I'm 12 weeks and I work from home as well but my energy is so bad I can't even work from home some days it just doesn't seem right😂 but what I try to do is not force myself to work outside of my bed if I feel I need a bit more comfort, I will make sure to practice self care like making sure I still have my cups of tea and things that make me feel good while I'm working, and ensuring to rest after!

Iam 13+4 weeks and am the same I haven’t even been in work due to sickness with pregnancy but I only go out if I have an appointment or have to go out I even started doing my shopping online gone really lazy just no get up an go atm am tired after tidying an cleaning the house even that’s a struggle sometimes

Me too!!!

With you girl! The only benefit to being made redundant day before finding out im pregnant 🙈 is I havent had to deal with work! No idea how I would have gone through the first trimester whilst working 🤣 Still tired now at 16 weeks but I think not having anything to do is playing a part in that

I'm 14 weeks today and have been feeling exhausted. Worked from home since week 5 but went into the office for the morning yesterday and it wiped me out. Still felt exhausted from it today!

16 weeks tomorrow and I just woke up from a 2h nap after finishing work. Midwife said today it should start getting easier in 2nd trimester but when? The exhaustion is real

Im 12weeks+4 and work from home. I feel exhausted with no energy starting from midmorning . I went to training at the office and I felt good throughout the day . I think positive distraction and connection to people is helpful .

It’s nice to know that I’m not alone! Unfortunately my company is completely remote so don’t have any option to go into the office 🙄

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Oh my God, oh my God I hope this is not true!!!! I’m kind of scared

I’ve been throwing up and taking a shit all night!!! I just hope that it’s not what I think it is

Small head reported following 20 week scan

Has anyone else had it flagged that their baby is in the bottom 5th percentile for head size?

They said everything was fine whilst we were in the scan and then I got a phone call the next day saying that it’s on the small side and we’re being referred to a paediatric specialist at St George’s. Has anyone else had this and how did things go??

Would you bring 9 week old to a family party of 35+ people?

These are also people who will want to pass the baby around and get a turn to hold him. He just got his 2 month shots two days ago

Exercise 6 weeks after c section

What movement did people start to introduce? I won’t do anything too vigorous until I’ve seen the pelvic physio as I don’t want to compromise anything that may have been extremely weakened through pregnancy! But just wondering what types of classes/movement people started off with?

Induction experience

I just wanted to share my experience with being induced as I wasn’t sure what to expect and thought it may help others.

I opted for the foley balloon which was inserted at 8am Saturday morning, I had to stay in hospital due to hypertension and protein urine however usually you can just go home once this has been done. The insertion of the balloon was not painful, was slightly uncomfortable as there was slight pressure. I actually found having the cervix checked prior to be worse (again not painful at this point just uncomfortable) The balloon had little effect and after having it removed I was still only 1cm. Removal also was pain free and hardly even noticeable.

I then had my first dose of the gel and definitely noticed a difference, I started experiencing period like cramps almost immediately however they were light and manageable. After 6 hours I had another cervix check and although my cervix was soft it was still only 1cm and was only open at the front. I had another dose of the gel and felt an increase in pressure and more intense cramping where I now required pain relief (codeine). After another 6 hours I had another cervix check and I had now dilated to 2-3cm however was still quite difficult to get all the way through so a third gel was recommended which I agreed to.

Almost immediately I noticed the difference and was in considerable pain, I had paracetamol and codeine however the contractions had now become intense and a lot closer together (around 3 minutes apart). After a couple of hours I had my last cervix check and was 4cm and taken down to the Labour ward to have my waters broken and an epidural.

I had been in my room for approx 20minutes when my waters broke by themselves and I was now 10cm and actively pushing…. There was no time for the epidural and my beautiful girl arrived into the world within 2 minutes of pushing.

All in all I would say the cramps/contractions were manageable up until the third gel where it became pretty unbearable however it was for a very short time a gas and air helped take the edge off. The worst part about any of it was actually the later cervix checks where after stimulating the cervix my contractions were at their most painful.

If I had to be induced again I would skip the balloon and opt for the gels immediately as thy had a quicker effect and I would have been out a lot sooner if I had done this to begin with.

One more thing, I’ve never believed when people say “you forget the pain once they’re here” but I can honestly say this is true. It’s been 4 days and I would do it all again in a heartbeat.

Scan needed at 33 weeks

Hi ladies! I just had a midwife appointment (I am 33+5)..the midwife was different to my usual midwife. She's requested I have a scan within 72 hours as she said baby is measuring a little small, however, she did say that it's likely nothing to worry about and it's probably just her measuring me a bit different to my usual midwife. Has anyone else had this? Am a bit worried although babys heartbeat and movements are completely fine.